New Game Creator features are now live!

New Game Creator features are now live!

A few hours ago we released our 20th major update to Popfly, which includes our first update to the game creator since it was released just over a month ago. There are tons of new features for you game creators out there, so I want to highlight them for you:

1. The new "color swapper" enables easy customization of any actor’s colors

This comes in very handy for differentiating good guys vs. bad guys, or just giving your game a unique look without needing artistic skill.

2. You can now rename actors

This was long overdue!

3. You can now publish your own actors so others can use them in their games

Some of you have already created fantastic custom actors. I’m looking forward to seeing them show up in search results!

4. Guide lines & snapping in the UI designer make it easier to arrange your visuals just right

You can toggle this setting with the "Snapping" button above the scene or actor appearance designer.

5. Actor stamping makes adding multiple actors fast & easy

This might take a little getting used to, but it makes it much faster to add actors exactly where you want them to be. As soon as you add one, you can instantly move/resize/delete it before stamping more actors. And if you resize the actor, the stamp will adjust to these new dimensions. Click the arrow on the left to change to normal selection mode.

6. 4 new events make it easy to create more powerful games (Scene Enter, Viewport Enter, Viewport Leave, and State Change)

For example, you could make a bad guy in a side-scroller move toward the hero only when the bad guy is within the current viewport.

7. You can now filter any Scene Enter/Leave or Viewport Enter/Leave event by one or more directions

You can do this by clicking "Create Your Own Facebook Application" option from the Facebook button on Popfly’s share widget.

Through Popfly, you create & control the core app and can upload an image to be shown in the app's profile box.

Through Facebook, you can control all kinds of things – icon, logo, what should be on the about page, etc. You get all the features of Facebook dedicated to your own app – a discussion board, analytics, reviews, wall, fans, etc.